A 52-year-old Miami grandmother has lost her struggle to survive just weeks after she was struck by a car and her loved ones say this death could have been prevented had the county moved faster to repair street lights that were disabled by copper wire thieves.

Miami-Dade County is cracking down on copper wire thefts and street light vandalism which have left South Florida drivers and neighborhoods in the dark. A Miami-Dade Public Safety Commission voted Tuesday to create a task force on scrap metal and copper wire theft.